Papillomavirus is easy to spread from person to person and will appear in the form of warts after infection. The treatment of warts is a complicated process and should start with diagnostic measures. A dermatologist will be able to help you choose the right treatment.
Types of treatment for warts. The most effective way to fight
Warts or papillomas are harmless, benign growths that can ruin the appearance of the skin. Since this phenomenon does not seem aesthetically satisfactory, everyone who has this phenomenon tries to eliminate warts in every possible way. However, you also need to remove them effectively, because papilloma can have a malignant meaning, and in addition to getting rid of skin infections, you will also get serious tumor diseases.
Warts are pea-sized dense nodules with uneven skin surface. Most commonly, the backs of the hands, palms and fingers are affected by warts. Warts are found on the face, lips, armpits, and legs of some people.
Those warts on the soles of the feet are the most painful. They can reach large sizes and cause a lot of discomfort to their owners. Most commonly, warts are susceptible to people of retirement age.
Before starting treatment, a person needs to consult a specialist to confirm that the vegetation is indeed a wart. There are many ways to remove them: from creams and gels to surgery and the use of traditional medicines. In each case, the doctor will prescribe separate treatments for warts and papillomas.
Frozen
The most common way to remove papillomas and warts from the skin is to destroy them with liquid nitrogen. This process is called cryogenic freezing. The infected skin is exposed to liquid nitrogen, which has a temperature of minus 190 degrees. The wart freezes, the tumor cells are cooled, and the water inside the cell tissue freezes causing it to rupture, thereby destroying the papilloma. Under the influence of liquid nitrogen, the affected tissues die, and no scar remains at the pre-tumor site.
Operation steps
Use a cryoprobe or use a cotton swab to manually perform the freezing procedure. The manual method is the most popular method because it does not require the clinic to pay a lot of fees.
Patients may need pain relief in the following situations:
- The tumor is great.
- Papilloma is located in a sensitive area of the skin.
- Compulsory anesthesia must be carried out at the site of removal of tumors in children.
The process itself can be boiled down to performing simple mechanical movements: the doctor dips a cotton swab into a liquid nitrogen preparation and then gently presses it to touch the vegetation. The exposure time is only limited by the size of the tumor and its type. Sometimes it is necessary to reprocess the tumor tissue with nitrogen to completely destroy its structure. For plantar warts, the moxibustion procedure must be repeated.
Signs of burns appear on exposed areas, similar to thermal injuries. Air bubbles will appear on the skin. It is these conditions that show the complete destruction process of papilloma.
Electrocoagulation
A safe and effective method to eliminate various skin tumors, and can also be used to cure any type of warts. Electrocoagulation allows you to only eliminate the growth of the upper layer of skin, but not the human papilloma virus itself. Recurrence is possible in more than half of the cases, so it is necessary to solve the problem in a comprehensive manner.
The function of the process
Electrocoagulation allows you to quickly eliminate such cosmetic defects, but there is always the risk of scar tissue formation in exposed areas.
And no expert can guarantee the complete removal of such tumors.
This method is not as safe as traditional topical preparations due to the use of high-temperature electronic circuits for removal.
Therefore, before using serious and destructive methods of struggle, all traditional medical methods must be tried. Because folk recipes are safer, the risk of scar tissue formation is lower.
Contraindications
In order to treat warts by electrocoagulation, it is necessary to consult a specialist and determine possible individual contraindications.
Common contraindications include:
- The availability of any auxiliary equipment (heart monitor or pacemaker, pacemaker) in the cardiovascular system.
- Contraindications related to high current intolerance.
- Allergic reaction to anesthetics.
- Acute inflammation in the body is the result of infectious diseases.
- Hemophilia and vascular disease at the capillary level.
Electrocoagulation is not recommended for plantar warts, because it is easy to form scars when exposed to this situation. Hard scar tissue can interfere with normal walking.
Recovery period
No other medical measures are required after destruction with an electrocoagulator. But it is rare to further prevent warts with the help of antiviral drugs.
All you need to recover from surgery is disinfectant.
The only thing that needs to be done for a few days is to treat the exposed area with any skin disinfectant.
Laser therapy
Anyone who has ever looked for an effective treatment for warts knows that the safest method is laser irradiation. The use of laser in cosmetology will help to get rid of various growths and will not leave scars. The advantage of this design is the accuracy of the rays.
Before using this method to treat papilloma, you need to consult a specialist and perform certain checks.
Implementation process and consequences
The operation is performed under local anesthesia, so patients will be required to undergo blood disease tests and their tolerance to this effect. Those who are concerned about possible complications due to laser exposure should choose a specialist carefully, because the safety of surgery depends only on their qualifications. The doctor selects the required depth of laser action and performs moxibustion.
Exposure to high laser temperature can completely destroy the harmful cells of the tumor without damaging healthy cells. After this exposure, no bleeding will form because the laser will seal the blood vessels and blood will not flow out.
After the operation, in order to avoid the appearance of scar tissue, it is necessary to use traditional medicine-calendula tincture. Do not use alcohol lotion on the contact area, otherwise it will cause irritation and complicate tissue healing.
Contraindications
Although it is safe to use this method, it is not recommended to use it in the following situations:
- Pregnant. During hormonal changes in the exposed area, tumor-like tumors in the form of scars form, which are difficult to remove.
- This procedure is impossible for cancer patients.
- Hormonal changes during adolescence and menopause are the same as contraindications for surgery during pregnancy.
Drugs
Modern medicine has made great progress in the treatment of warts. Therefore, in every pharmacy, you can find a variety of treatments to eliminate the external symptoms of human papillomavirus.
The funds can be used without consulting an expert, but this self-medication may cause skin cancer. Therefore, not every wart can be treated individually. It is best to seek expert advice and then use drugs to treat papilloma.
Preparation of phenolic subunits with antiviral effect
Each drug in this group contains antibacterial and antiviral ingredients that can have a surface effect on tumors.
The necessary drugs are selected by experts, but only after one month of use, the use of such funds can produce obvious results.
Traditional Medicine
In order to eliminate the visible manifestations of human papillomavirus in the body, it is necessary to use folk remedies. Since they are gentle contact methods, they should be tried first.
Celandine
The application range of celandine is not limited to its effect on the skin. A powerful and poisonous plant containing a large amount of alkaloids, it has been effectively used to eliminate warts for many years. Depending on the severity of the tumor, treatment can last from a few days to several months.Celandine juice is applied to the wart several times a day. From the first day of administration, a visible effect of the virus with mild manifestations was observed.
From celandine, you can prepare a glycerin-based therapeutic ointment that can be stored in the refrigerator for a long time.
It can be applied to up to five tumors at a time, because celandine contains strong ingredients and can cause burns.
Some patients may experience allergic reactions due to the use of celandine, so skin reaction tests should be performed in a small area.
Acetic acid
Concentrated acetic acid solution can also be used to eliminate skin damage. This method is economical and affordable. Treating warts with acetic acid every day will help get rid of the tumor within a few days without causing harm or consequences.
Ascorbic acid and salicylic acid
Taking a few balls of ascorbic acid a day helps to strengthen immunity and enhance the body's resistance to human papillomavirus. After taking the medicine for a period of time, the number and size of tumors were found to decrease. But ascorbic acid can not only be used internally, but also can be used to wipe the papilloma accumulation.
Salicylic acid and other anti-wart agents, if applied for more than two weeks, can help prevent their performance. Spread the medicine on the wart with a cotton swab overnight and glue it with a plaster.